[Users] [Bug 4492] New: claws mail wrongly base64 encodes shell scripts

[noreply at thewildbeast.co.uk]

https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4492

            Bug ID: 4492
           Summary: claws mail wrongly base64 encodes shell scripts
           Product: Claws Mail
           Version: 3.17.8
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: UI/Compose Window
          Assignee: users at lists.claws-mail.org
          Reporter: braoult at gmail.com

Created attachment 2216
  -->
https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2216&action=edit
simple shell script

In "Compose Message" window, I added an attachment (attached here).

This is a small shell script, which should be (for me) be 7bit encoded, there
is no reason to have it base64 encoded.

However, it is sent as base64 attachment (that we can change to correct
encoding in "Attachments" tab, then right click/properties on attachment).

But, if I attach the same file, but renamed as "lastmatch.txt" instead of
"lastmatch.sh", it is correctly encoded as 7bits.

For me this is a bug, there is no reason why the same file should be
differently encoded when the filename differs.

In fact I don't understand at all why a filename extension should be used for
encoding decision (for me only the contents of the file should be used, not its
name).

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.